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Published — 28. September 2025 ⏭ Shelfside

50k Subscribers, now what?

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Von: Shelfside
28. September 2025 um 01:13

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Milestone achieved! But now with 50,000 subscribers, what are we to do? Publish more content of top 100 BGG games? Or make more comedic sketches? Or gamefound/kickstarter reviews? More Ti4 or Gloomhaven content? This video is a bit of a celebration of our success, and perhaps some directions for our loyal fans to follow...

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Published — 26. September 2025 ⏭ Shelfside

Era of Atlantis Prototype ▸ Shelfside Plays

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26. September 2025 um 14:28

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Shelfside presents 4-player Era of Atlantis with all advanced rules! Watch the 2 nation sharing area control swapping shenanigans play out as we coup and conflict each other into oblivion! Points are based on the lower power level of your 2 nations, all of which are shared with another player! Watch us ruin each others' strategies and chase after hilarious win conditions, maybe even dooming the entire board!

Check it out on Gamefound: https://gamefound.com/en/projects/channing-jones-seajay-games/era-of-atlantis

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Published — 24. September 2025 ⏭ Shelfside

Era of Atlantis Prototype Review — Everyone Controls 2 Nations!

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Von: Shelfside
24. September 2025 um 13:45

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Shelfside reviews Era of Atlantis, an area control board game for 2-5 players where everyone controls 2 nations, but also sharing them with each other! On your turns you’ll place action pawns to block spaces, coordinate with teammates, and fight over 3 different game ending conditions. With a blind bidding combat system and no secret communication, your table talk on the tabletop will constantly devolve into hilarity as everyone’s strategies tangle up with each other, meaning you can’t make any huge plays without cooperation! Combine that with secret objective cards and watch as alliances and nation ownership change on a dime! But with so many different directions to get pulled in, it can be hard to at a glance make out who owns what and is doing what given all the shared and changing faction ownership, so don’t get the pieces mixed up!

Check out the Gamefound: https://gamefound.com/en/projects/channing-jones-seajay-games/era-of-atlantis

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Table of Contents:
Overview/How to Play: 0:00
Component Pros: 9:30
Gameplay Pros: 16:37
Component Cons: 34:24
Gameplay Cons: 39:48
Tentative Score: 48:18
Daniel's Score: 53:42

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Published — 23. September 2025 ⏭ Shelfside

Every Star Wars Rebellion Game Ever

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23. September 2025 um 22:15

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This is every single Star Wars Rebellion game ever. And of course we included the Rise of the Empire expansion! Star Wars Rebellion is one of our favorite Fantasy Flight Games ameritrash big box games, where the asymmetry really comes through with the empire vs. rebel alliance. How will the dice rolls fair as you worker placement your leaders down? What are the climatic moments with the Death Star or sith/jedi? In fact, the Rebel alliance doesn't even need to occupy that many spaces if their secret base is never found in the game of cat/mouse...

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Stuff Used:
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Music by Luis Humanoide: Lando Returns (Fan Made) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3thhWhHyFeQ&list=RD3thhWhHyFeQ

The Supreme Leader https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4W_594OlW1w&list=RD4W_594OlW1w

Sascha Ende — Dark Forces March
https://ende.app/en/song/536-dark-forces-march

Samuel Kim Music — Duel of the Fates (Medieval Style)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnOEGvEKFSQ&list=RDFnOEGvEKFSQ

Kevin Macleod — Sneaky Adventure
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SppruC0G5k&list=RD2SppruC0G5k

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Published — 16. September 2025 ⏭ Shelfside

Sakura Arms | Shelfside Review (ENG/JP)

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16. September 2025 um 18:00

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This is one of the best 1v1 card duelers we've played! In Sakura Arms, you will will choose 2 asymmetric fighters and combine them, with some deckbuilding involved! You will utilize flower petal chits to advance/retreat against your opponent, where actions are dictated by your hand. Published by AEG then later Level 99 games, this rendition of Sakura Arms by Bakafire Games promises to be incredible bang for buck. It's not a TCG, but is it better than other fighters or card duelers?

Play Bloodwork: https://gamefound.com/en/projects/i-demo-games/bloodwork

Table of Contents:
Start / スタート- (0:00)
Bloodwork / ブラッドワーク - (0:34)
History of the game / ゲームの歴史 - (1:13)
How to play / 遊び方 - (2:19)
Pros / メリット - (6:03)
Cons / デメリット - (11:13)
Recommender Score / スコアイング - (12:44)
Ashton's Personal Score / スコア - (14:14)
Alexander's Personal Score - (16:59)

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Published — 11. September 2025 ⏭ Shelfside

Bloodwork ▸ Shelfside Plays

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11. September 2025 um 16:30

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We work together to defeat an evil boss in Bloodwork! This is a cooperative dark fantasy RPG board game to play as mercenaries to free the Damemark. There’s character customization for the 4 asymmetric ones we’ve played, with unique enemy AI mechanics. There’s tons of miniatures and terrain to interact with too! The gameplay definitely looks inspired by Gloomhaven and Dungeon and Dragons 5th edition. In this scenario we faced against Giggarat, dice rolling to hit him in his weak spots. You can even do some fun roleplaying with all of the skills per character! Will we manipulate our player boards to win this tabletop session?

Table of Contents:
Intro/Overview - (0:00)
How to Play - (0:35)
Us vs. Giggarat the Unhinged - (3:12)
Outro - (57:09)

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Stuff Used:
Kevin MacLeod - Rest and Relax
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Z_Ecyh6e7A&list=RD5Z_Ecyh6e7A

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Published — 10. September 2025 ⏭ Shelfside

Trying to rank the last 10 years of Board Games (2015-2024)

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Von: Shelfside
10. September 2025 um 16:30

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How interesting and impactful were the last 10 years of board gaming to me? We look at this through a game lens, since anything other than that would be an overwhelming task as there are too many ameritrash and euro games. We also include the Spiel Des Jahres from each year, which has family games! Which year will be the standoff one and have the most games in the BGG top 100? How much tabletop knowledge do we have of each year? Which popular kickstarter games should we review next?

Play Goblins Hate Xmas: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1079918072/goblins-hate-xmas?ref=1y67gw

Games featured: Brass Birmingham, Gloomhaven, Frosthaven, Twilight Imperium 4, Pandemic Legacy Season 1, Descent Legends of the Dark, XCOM The Board Game, Codenames, Tainted Grail, Blood Rage, Rising Sun, Ankh, Forbidden Stars, Mansions of Madness, Star Wars Destiny, Star Wars Unlimited, Star Wars Rebellion, Specter Ops, 7 Wonders Duel, Food Chain Magnate, Lord of the Rings LCG, Arkham Horror LCG

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Stuff Used:
Kevin MacLeod — Sneaky Adventure
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SppruC0G5k&list=RD2SppruC0G5k&start_radio=1
Sascha Ende — Skyline
https://ende.app/en/song/77-skyline
Sascha Ende — Teras of the Sun
https://ende.app/en/song/91-tears-of-the-sun
Sascha Ende — Relaxing Lofi Tessera
https://ende.app/en/song/12257-relaxing-lofi-tessera
Sascha Ende — Heimweh
https://ende.app/en/song/500-heimweh

Sascha Ende — Calm City Echos
https://ende.app/en/song/11982-calm-city-echoes

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Published — 09. September 2025 ⏭ Shelfside

The Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship | Shelfside Review

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Von: Shelfside
09. September 2025 um 16:30

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Pandemic gets a Lord of the Rings installment, finally! In Matt Leacock's newest cooperative board game, you play as heroes of Middle Earth, trying to destroy the one ring before all hope is lost. With lots of card play and asymmetry, there is a ton of replayability to complete all of the objectives! You can even play this game solo and on boardgame arena! There is some dice rolling to simulate combat from War of the Ring, especially with those Nazgul flying around. Does this give a captivating cooperative experience with minimal chits and lots of scary things from the shadow deck? Does Pandemic now have another great family package?

Games mentioned: Spirit Island, 7 Wonders Lord of the Rings Duel, War of the Ring, War of the Ring the card game

Play Goblins Hate Xmas: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1079918072/goblins-hate-xmas?ref=1y67gw

Table of Contents:
Intro - (0:00)
Goblins Hate Xmas - (0:56)
Overview - (1:37)
How to Play - (3:01)
Pros - (5:21)
Cons - (18:49)
Recommender Score - (30:43)
Alexander''s Personal Score - (34:10)
Ashton's Personal Score - (36:42)

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Stuff Used
Middle Ages — Taking the Hobbits to Isengard (Medieval Cover)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZEsQRLAQ1I&list=RDdZEsQRLAQ1I

Thomas Mutiu — Adventures of a Wanderer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_q6bu-kvko&list=RDC_q6bu-kvko

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